July 30
South Africa: Gold Demand Hits Q2 Record As Price Maintains Glittering Surge to New Peaks
Global demand for gold scaled new highs for the second quarter (Q2) of a calendar year in 2024, underpinning the precious metal's run to record-high prices. Read more »
July 25
South Africa: Emphasising Pragmatism Can Usher in a Bold New Era for South African Mining
Strong state intervention in the post-apartheid South African economy has more often than not failed to achieve the desired results. The new Government of National Unity can… Read more »
July 14
South Africa: Climate Activists Protest Against Sukuma Coal Mine Project
Climate activists Extinction Rebellion Vaal and the Coal-ition Committee say a lack of transparency about electricity usage, the potential damage from blasting, threats to heritage… Read more »
July 03
Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe's Sovereign Wealth Fund Paid 'Grossly Inflated' $1.6bn for Shares in Mining House
Authorities in Zimbabwe have refused to disclose who got the massive payout, an amount equivalent to 5% of the nation's GDP. Read more »
June 18
South Africa: After the Bell - SA Mining Companies Find That the Grass Is Not Always Greener On the Other Side
Gold Fields high-tailed it out of Dodge to greener pastures -- pastures which, high up in the Chilean Andes, turned out to not always have a green sheen. Read more »
June 11
South Africa: While Politicians Edge Towards a Power-Sharing Deal, Mining Activists Demand a Voice
In the wake of post-election negotiations for a government of national unity, civil society groups are asserting their right to be heard. 'Nothing about us without us,' declared a… Read more »
Eswatini: Mining With Royal Approval Causes Devastating Damage to Fragile Eswatini Nature Reserve
The mine has the king's blessing but no environmental authorisation. Read more »
June 04
South Africa: More Than 450 Employees At Sibanye's Kroondal Pgm Mine On Second Day of Wildcat Underground Strike
More than 450 employees at Sibanye-Stillwater's Kroondal platinum mine in North West embarked on a wildcat strike on Monday, with more than 200 underground at the Kwezi shaft and… Read more »
May 28
South Africa: Coal Mining Company Sends Bulldozers Into KZN Village Before Impact Studies Are Finalised
Residents of a village in northern KwaZulu-Natal fear being permanently removed from their homes and ancestral land as the mining company Tendele has already started laying the… Read more »
South Africa: No Jobs and No Services in Former Mining Towns of Springs and Carletonville
Daily Maverick visited two once-thriving mining towns in Gauteng -- Carletonville and Springs -- to get a perspective of how people are making ends meet amid the decline of mining… Read more »
May 21
South Africa: DMRE Says Cadastre On Track, With 2,800 Mining Applications Finally Approved in 2023
A senior official at the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy told a mining conference on Tuesday that the final agreement to implement a functioning mining cadastre was… Read more »
South Africa: Mpumalanga Has Become a Coveted Coal Black Hole for SA Mining Applications
Mpumalanga remains the mysterious black hole which keeps expanding South Africa's backlog in mining applications. Tseliso Maqubela, deputy director-general for petroleum and… Read more »
April 07
South Africa: Mining Sector Seeks Next Breakthrough in Reducing Falls of Ground Fatalities
South Africa's mining sector is digging for further breakthroughs in reducing falls of ground deaths after a regression last year from a record low in 2022. Read more »
April 04
South Africa: Harmony, Unions Strike Gold With Historic Five-Year Wage Pact
Harmony Gold signed a historic inflation-linked five-year wage agreement with five unions on Thursday, the day after the precious metal's price hit a record high. The deal should… Read more »
South Africa: While the People Are Desperate for Jobs, the Country Is Rapidly Deindustrialising
ArcelorMittal South Africa is acutely aware of the severe consequences of winding down the Long Steel business on the economy and in particular, on employment in SA. Read more »
March 19
South Africa: Diamond Dealer Louis Liebenberg Helps Boost Mk's Gauteng Fortunes
The uMkhonto Wesizwe party, led by former President Jacob Zuma, is making inroads in Gauteng. Read more »
March 14
South Africa: Mixed Bag - SA's January Mining Output Slumps, but Manufacturing Grows
The first big data bite of the industrial arms of South Africa's economy for 2024 showed a melange, with mining production falling in January while manufacturing output gained… Read more »
February 28
South Africa: Harmony Gold Churns Out the Cash, Boosted By World's Deepest Gold Mine
Record gold prices have flowed directly to the bottom line of Harmony Gold, which posted a record free cash flow and dividend for the first half of its financial year. Much of this… Read more »
South Africa: Thousands Join Occupational Lung Diseases Class Action As Mining Firms Oppose Certification Application
While thousands of former and current coal miners have joined a class action against companies regarding occupational lung diseases, spearheaded by human rights lawyer Richard… Read more »
February 15
South Africa: In a Rare Show of Transparency, Dmre Updates Mining Applications Process On Social Media
The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy on Thursday updated the application process for mining rights of various stripes in the current financial year. It seems a lot of… Read more »
January 09
South Africa: Gold One Fires 445 Over Hostage Dramas While Implats Grants Reprieve to 'Instigators'
Gold One has fired 445 employees for allegedly taking part in a pair of underground wildcat strikes at its mining operations in Springs, a move that may stoke tensions. Meanwhile,… Read more »
November 30, 2023
South Africa: Impala Platinum Mine Begins Slow Reboot After Accident Leaves 12 Dead, 74 Injured
The death toll from the Impala Platinum (Implats) tragedy has risen to 12 after one of the 75 employees injured in the conveyance cage accident died in hospital. Operations at the… Read more »
November 29, 2023
South Africa: Failure of Emergency Protocol Led to Death of 11 Miners After 'Rapid Descent' of Conveyance Cage
The conveyance cage that takes workers down a mine shaft and back to the surface is generally one of the safest places to be underground. That's one reason the Impala Platinum… Read more »
November 23, 2023
South Africa: Former Coal Miners From Limpopo Launch Class Action Against Exxaro
'There are occupational exposure limits that the mines are obligated to comply with, but we have seen across the board that these limits have not been complied with,' says an… Read more »
November 15, 2023
South Africa: NUM Terminates Closed-Shop Agreement At East Rand's Gold One As Violence Continues
The National Union of Mineworkers has terminated its closed-shop agreement - which excludes minority unions from bargaining - at Gold One in the face of fresh violence following… Read more »